Baseball team season
The 2021 Fairfield Stags baseball team represented Fairfield University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Stags played their home games at Alumni Baseball Diamond as a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . They were led by head coach Bill Currier , in his 10th season at Fairfield.
Fairfield qualified for the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2016, and qualified for the first time ever as an at-large team. They reached the Austin Regional final, before losing to Texas.
The 2020 Fairfield Stags baseball team notched a 2–9 (0–0) regular season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic .
2021 Fairfield Stags baseball game log (39–5) Regular season (33–1) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall MAAC March 20 11:30 am SSN Canisius Alumni Baseball Diamond Fairfield, Connecticut W 7–4 McLoughlin (1–0) Warner (0–1) Grabek (1) 26 1–0 1–0 Report March 20 2:15 pm SSN Canisius Alumni Baseball Diamond W 13–4 Sansone (1–0) Barberio (0–1) — 25 2–0 2–0 Report March 21 11:30 am SSN Canisius Alumni Baseball Diamond W 6–3 Signore (1–0) Frank (0–1) Cafaro (1) 50 3–0 3–0 Report March 21 2:15 pm SSN Canisius Alumni Baseball Diamond W 8–0 Noviello (1–0) Fron (0–1) — 50 4–0 4–0 Report
Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall MAAC April 2 12:00 pm SSN Iona Alumni Baseball Diamond W 4–2 Sansone (2–0) Smith (1–2) — 25 5–0 5–0 Report April 2 2:30 pm SSN Iona Alumni Baseball Diamond W 4–2 Noviello (2–0) Helmstetter (1–1) Grabek (2) 25 6–0 6–0 Report April 3 12:00 pm SSN Iona Alumni Baseball Diamond W 7–0 Signore (2–0) Helmstetter (1–2) — 25 7–0 7–0 Report April 3 2:30 pm SSN Iona Alumni Baseball Diamond W 10–2 McVeigh (1–0) Martin (1–2) — 25 8–0 8–0 Report April 7 12:00 pm SSN Quinnipiac Alumni Baseball Diamond W 6–3 Grabek (1–0) DeCarr (0–2) Oliphant (1) 25 9–0 9–0 Report April 7 3:00 pm SSN Quinnipiac Alumni Baseball Diamond W 17–6 (7) Amone (1–0) Mazza (0–1) — 25 10–0 10–0 Report April 9 12:00 pm SSN Rider Alumni Baseball Diamond W 8–3 Sansone (3–0) Audrey (2–2) — 20 11–0 11–0 Report April 9 3:00 pm SSN Rider Alumni Baseball Diamond W 10–0 Noviello (3–0) Soporowski (3–1) — 20 12–0 12–0 Report April 10 12:00 pm SSN Rider Alumni Baseball Diamond W 5–0 Signore (3–0) Doelling (2–1) — 35 13–0 13–0 Report April 10 3:00 pm SSN Rider Alumni Baseball Diamond W 6–0 Cafaro (1–0) Williamson (1–1) — 35 14–0 14–0 Report April 14 12:00 pm SSN Quinnipiac Alumni Baseball Diamond W 2–1 Grabek (2–0) Donnelly (2–2) — 30 15–0 15–0 Report April 14 3:00 pm SSN Quinnipiac Alumni Baseball Diamond W 5–2 Oliphant (1–0) Mazza (0–2) Sansone (1) 30 16–0 16–0 Report April 17 12:00 pm SSN Monmouth Alumni Baseball Diamond W 3–2 Sansone (4–0) Klepchick (2–2) — 45 17–0 17–0 Report April 17 3:00 pm SSN Monmouth Alumni Baseball Diamond W 8–2 Noviello (4–0) Dombroski (2–1) — 40 18–0 18–0 Report April 18 12:00 pm SSN Monmouth Alumni Baseball Diamond W 4–3 Oliphant (2–0) Miller (0–1) — 40 19–0 19–0 Report April 18 3:00 pm SSN Monmouth Alumni Baseball Diamond W 4–1 Cafaro (2–0) Long (2–1) Grabek (3) 45 20–0 20–0 Report April 21 12:00 pm at Saint Peter's Joseph Jaroschak Field Jersey City, New Jersey W 20–2 Ostensen (2–0) Mahady (2–2) — 45 21–0 21–0 Report April 21 3:00 pm at Saint Peter's Joseph Jaroschak Field W 9–0 Forfeit 22–0 22–0 Report April 23 12:00 pm at Manhattan Van Cortlandt Park Riverdale, New York W 16–4 Sansone (5–0) Knight (1–4) — 0 23–0 23–0 Report April 23 3:00 pm at Manhattan Van Cortlandt Park W 12–4 Noviello (5–0) Mahoney (1–3) — 0 24–0 24–0 Report April 24 12:00 pm at Manhattan No. 23 Van Cortlandt Park W 19–9 Signore (4–0) Muratalla (0–4) — 0 25–0 25–0 Report April 24 3:00 pm at Manhattan No. 23 Van Cortlandt Park W 8–4 Grabek (3–0) Mahoney (1–3) — 0 26–0 26–0 Report
Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall MAAC May 1 12:00 pm SSN Siena No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond W 2–1 Sansone (6–0) Bovair (3–4) — 65 27–0 27–0 Report May 1 3:00 pm SSN Siena No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond W 10–1 Noviello (6–0) McCully (2–5) — 75 28–0 28–0 Report May 2 12:00 pm SSN Siena No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond L 1–6 Lumpinski (3–1) Signore (4–1) — 65 28–1 28–1 Report May 2 12:00 pm SSN Siena No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond W 4–0 Cafaro (3–0) Knapek (1–2) — 65 29–1 29–1 Report May 8 12:00 pm ESPN3 at Niagara No. 25 Bobo Field Lewiston, New York W 1–0 Sansone (7–0) Bruning (3–2) — 87 30–1 30–1 Report May 8 3:00 pm ESPN3 at Niagara No. 25 Bobo Field W 4–1 Noviello (7–0) Jones (1–1) Oliphant (3) 85 31–1 31–1 Report May 9 12:00 pm ESPN3 at Niagara No. 25 Bobo Field W 10–8 Fitzgerald (1–0) Hospital (2–1) Grabek (4) 86 32–1 32–1 Report May 9 3:00 pm ESPN3 at Niagara No. 25 Bobo Field W 8–5 Cafaro (4–0) Smyth (0–2) McVeigh (1) 71 33–1 33–1 Report
Post-season (7–4) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall MAACT May 20 11:00 am ESPN+ vs. (8) Manhattan Quarterfinals – Game 1 (1) No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond W 2–1 Sansone (8–0) Muratalla (3–5) Cafaro (2) 125 34–1 1–0 Report May 20 2:30 pm ESPN+ vs. (8) ManhattanQuarterfinals – Game 2 (1) No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond W 8–5 Signore (5–1) Solimine (1–4) — 125 35–1 2–0 Report May 26 11:00 am ESPN+ vs. (4) CanisiusSemifinals (1) No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond L 1–4 Duffy (3–0) Sansone (8–1) — 225 35–2 2–1 Report May 27 11:00 am ESPN+ vs. (2) Monmouth Losers Semifinal (1) No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond W 3–1 Noviello (8–0) Klepchick (4–4) — 150 36–2 3–1 Report May 28 9:30 am ESPN+ vs. (4) CanisiusLosers Final (1) No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond W 8–2 McLoughlin (2–0) Fron (1–3) — 215 37–2 4–1 Report May 28 1:30 pm ESPN+ vs. (3) Rider Finals – Game 1 (1) No. 23 Alumni Baseball Diamond L 2–7 Papeo (4–2) Signore (5–2) Stalzer (6) 215 37–3 4–2 Report
Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall NCAAT June 4 7:00 pm ESPN3 vs. (2) No. 19 Arizona State *Regional First round (3) No. 25 UFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, Texas L 6–7 Glenn (6–2) Sansone (8–2) — 4,909 37–4 0–1 Report June 5 2:00 pm ESPN3 vs. (4) Southern *Losers Regional semifinal (3) No. 25 UFCU Disch–Falk Field W 6–2 Noviello (9–0) Guienze (1–6) — 5,447 38–4 1–1 Report June 6 2:00 pm ESPN3 vs. (2) No. 19 Arizona State*Losers Regional final (3) No. 25 UFCU Disch–Falk Field W 9–7 Sansone (9–2) Corrigan (2–2) Signore (2) 6,981 39–4 2–1 Report June 7 2:00 pm ESPN3 at (1) No. 4 Texas *Regional final – Game 1 (3) No. 25 UFCU Disch–Falk Field L 2–12 Hansen (9–1) Erbeck (0–1) — 6,853 39–5 2–2 Report
Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie = Canceled Bold = Rhode Island team member * Non-conference game *Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the NCBWA poll
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.